Fracture attribute scaling and connectivity in the Devonian  Orcadian Basin with implications for geologically equivalent  sub-surface fractured reservoirs

Dichiarante, Anna M.; McCaffrey, Ken J. W.; Holdsworth, Robert E.; Bjørnarå, Tore I.; Dempsey, Edward D.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/se-11-2221-2020

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Faults, fractures, and fluid flow in the shallow crust

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23 Nov 2020

Research article |

| 23 Nov 2020

Fracture attribute scaling and connectivity in the Devonian Orcadian Basin with implications for geologically equivalent sub-surface fractured reservoirs

Anna M. Dichiarante, Ken J. W. McCaffrey, Robert E. Holdsworth, Tore I. Bjørnarå, and Edward D. Dempsey

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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-11-2221-2020-supplement

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Fracture attribute scaling and connectivity in the Devonian Orcadian Basin with implications for geologically equivalent sub-surface fractured reservoirs [dataset] A. M. Dichiarante, K. J. W. McCaffrey, R. E. Holdsworth, T. I. Bjørnarå, and E.~D. Dempsey https://doi.org/10.15128/r1cv43nw819

Short summary

We studied the characteristics of fracture systems in the Devonian rocks of the Orcadian Basin in Caithness. These mineral-filled fractures have properties that may be used to predict the size and spatial arrangement of similar structures in offshore basins. This includes the Clair field in the Faroe–Shetland Basin.